Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2013: Les Inrocks

50 Favorite Albums of 2014: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Dublin Literary Award
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top Tens 2025 Fighting in the War Room

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Clean Slate
Idlewild Idlewild
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Francesca David Murray Quartet
The Sunshine Place
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Liars Sarah Manguso
Sly Thom Zimny
Fingernails Christos Nikou

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